Museum of Maritime Science
The Museum of Maritime Science (船の科学館, Fune-no-kagakukan) is a marine science museum located in Higashiyashio, Shinagawa, Tokyo on Odaiba island, Japan. Exhibits include Japanese boats, items related to the navy, shipping industry, fishing, sailing, maritime recreation, ship design and building, and the environment of the seas and oceans around Japan.[1][2][3] The museum building itself is modelled after the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.
Established | July 20, 1974 |
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Location | Higashi Yashio, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Type | Maritime museum |
Public transit access | Tokyo International Cruise Terminal Station |
Website | www |
Outside the museum building are a number of exhibits including a large screw propeller, Ayumi I-Go Ocean Floor House, Tankai Submarine and PC-18 submersible, a wooden fishing boat from Kujūkuri, Osesaki lighthouse and Anorisaki Lighthouse.[4]
Since May 1979 the icebreaker Sōya has been moored alongside the museum open to the public.[5]
Gallery
- Painting of a Red Seal Ship
- Submarine Tankai.
- Deep sea submarine PC-18.
- Seikan Yotei Maru
- Icebreaker Sōya
- Cannon from the Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov.
- Model of Mizuho-class patrol vessel Yashima (PLH-22) of the Japan Coast Guard.
See also
References
- Museum of Maritime Science (Fune No Kagaku-Kan) Lonely Planet Retrieved September 3, 2015
- Museum of Maritime Science Review Fodor's Retrieved September 3, 2015
- Bamforth, Chris When your kids are cooperating, but the weather isn’t Japan Times Retrieved September 3, 2015
- Museum of Maritime Science webpage Outdoor Exhibits / Guide in Visit Facilities Retrieved September 4, 2015
- Museum of Maritime Science webpage Outdoor Exhibits - Soya former Antarctica Observation Ship Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 4, 2015
External links
- Museum website (in English)